The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-31 00:00:00

SUPPLY. _ The House w en t i n t o a C omm itt e e of Supply on the Ci v il Uontingencies. T he sum of 64,4501. was proposed for defraying the ex- Pense of public buildings and public works. Mr. HUME complained of the manner in which these esti ?Dates were made out. The cost attending each particular work or building- ought to have been made out separately, and regularly classified. There were different items, mixed up in t he estimate, which created great confusion. The CHANCELLOR o f t h e EXCHEQUER sa id every effort had been made to make it as clear as circumstances would permit. He should be very ready to give the items in more detail where it could be done. Lord G. SOMERSET•said a more detailed explanation Would be very desirable. Mr. GOULBURN complained of the destruction of so many of th e o ld trees i n K ens i ngton G ar d ens f or t h e p u rpose °1 carrying on the improvements that were in progress. It Was desirable that some controul should be exercised over these Who were empl o ped i n car ryi n g on this work. To cut findo and destroy the venerable trees, which afforded such an agreeable shade and were so ornamental, seemed to him "Piling but improvement. The same sort of process was going on round the Lord Lieutenant's Lodge in the Phceuix Park, Dublin. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if they wished to afford the pleasure of shady walking to these who were to come after them it was absolutely necessary to remov e decayed trees, and supply their places by a fresh growth. GOULBURN said that many trees which were per fectly sound were removed. Nr. HUME said he inspected the improvements that were goin g on in Kensington Gardens, and he highly approved of them. The plantations were too thick before, and prevented the public from walking there, except at certain times of the Year. Mr. HAWES complained that the expenses of the British Museum were placed under so many heads. He hoped that, next year, the whole of the expenses of that Establishment Would be placed under one head. They would thus become tnore clear, and be more easily controlled. Mr. F. BARING said when the new buildings were finished the various expenses might then be comprehended un der one vote. Mr. lIECIE wished to know whether Buckingham Palace was to be inhabited or not ? If the King did not wish to live in it the sooner it was converted to some other purpose the better. He begged to know, at the same time, what was the Ilse of Marlborough House ? He understood that it was given, and was, in fact, her Majesty's private property. If so, Why was there a charge of 4,0001. set down in these estimates for repairs ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Marl borough House was not in the possession of her Majesty. It Would come into her possession in a certain event, the demise of the Crown. It was, in that case, the residence provided by Parliament for her Majesty. The sum set down in this estimate was merely for keeping the house in repair. Buck ingham Palace was not yet in a state of readiness for the re ception of his Majesty. Some further expenditure was re quired, but not to a large amount—about 15,000/.—(so we understood the Right Honourable Gentleman, who was scarcely audible. ) Mr. WAK LE Y complained that during the late holydays the British Museum was closed to the working classes. He thought it was very desirable that at such times the public Should have an opportunity of seeing that valuable collection. He would call the attention of the Chancellor of the Exche quer to the inconvenience arising on Sundays to the public, from the great number of carriages that were collected round the Zoological Gardens. It operated as a complete nuisance. Those wh b o went to enjoy the pleasure of a walk were pre vented from passing for a whole hour together. There could not have been less than 1,000 carriages collected round the place. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it Would be very desirable that the British Museum should be open at those times when youngsters returned from school to enjoy the vacation. He would consult the trustees, for the Purpose of ascertaining whether some arrangement could not be made for that purpose. With respect to the great crowd of carriages in the• Regent's Park, it arose naturally enough from an anxiety to visit the valuable collection in the gardens. He did not see how any obstacle could be thrown in the way of those who were desirous to indulge a very natural curiosity, Which afforded an innocent amusement. This, he believed, would not be opposed by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, who was so zealous for the due observance of the Sabbath. Sir A. AGNEW could not admit that on the Sabbath day such indulgence of curiosity was an innocent amusement. Mr. R. COLBORNE was quite favourable to opening the Museum during the holidays. Mr. POTTER—It had been observed by an Hon. Gentle man that the Zoological Gardens being open on a Sunday vas a rational recreation; if so, surely the British Museum was a still more rational mode of spending some part of that day. lie was decidedly favourable to the Museum being open to the public on Sunday afternoons; and persons frequenting that institution on such occasions, might do so perfectly con. sistent with the observance of the Sabbath, as they might first attend some place of worship in the morning. He was con vinced that that was a much more proper and rational mode of spending Sunday afternoons than frequenting the gin-shop or the public-house, both of which arc open on Sundays._ (Hear. ) There arc thousands of the inhabitants of London would thus be enabled to visit the Museum, whose avocations during the week-days would not allow them to do so. In the estimate for keeping in repair the Loyal Palaces, there was an item of 1,0001. to keep in proper order and airing Buckingham Palace, from which he inferred that his Majesty did not intend to make it his residence • and in the Lett ers o f a German writer, it is stated that his Majesty is averse to re pair to the New Palace. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Potter) would beg to suggest that the Palace should be appro priated for the use of the two Houses of Parliament. He be lieved it might with a moderate expenditure, be made suitable for the purpose—.and a million of the public money saved. Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought it worth while for the House to take that question into their consideration. Sir A. AGNEW hoped now the Chancellor of the Exche quer would see to what his doctrines would lead. If any such attempt were made, or any such proposition fell from the Committee, he should instantly divide the House on the bring ing up of the Report. Mr. F. FRENCH said it would seem from the observations of Hon. Members that there was one description of persons who were to have no holidays at all—he meant the officers of the Museum. After some few remarks from Mr. HAWES, the vote was agreed to. - The sum of 15,0001. was then granted to defray the expenses of the works of the harbour of Kingstown. The sum of 12,226/. was granted to defray the expenses of the works at Port Patrick Harbour. The sum of 6,4551. was granted for the purpose of repairing the Holyhead and Liverpool mail coach road. On a vote being proposed, of a sum of 25,3601., for the new buildings of the British Museum, Mr. HAWES objected to the sums of money which bad been already laid out on these buildings, and thought no more should be expended till the Committee hadmade some special inquiries on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it wa3 quite clear that the buildings must be completed, and that the money would be wanted, but he would take care that no portion of it should be expended till more satisfactory inquiries had been made.--( Hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought the Committee might, with great advantage, take into their consideration whether or not It would be advantageous to form similar establishments in different large towns in the kingdom, and to assist any local Committees which might be formed for that purpose, with earliam en tary grants. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought such an inquiry would be beyond the province of the Corn- Inittee ; and, moreover, though there were some national acquisitions which made a just call ma the national purse, yet, as far as the various localities of the kingdom were concerned, he thought it far better that they should develope their own resources, and satisfy their own taste. In the course of the present session he hoped, however, to be enabled to lay on the table a very small estimate, but for a very important object ----viz., fora national school of design for the immediate prac tical improvement of manufactures, and to serve as a model school for that purpose.—( Hear, hear.) There were also two s upplementary votes for which he should ask, connected with two important acquisitions proposed to be made by the British 'loseum, both connected with the manufactures and arts of the country. He mentioned the subject now, that Hon. Gen tennen might not he taken by surprise. Mr. G. F. YOUNG wou ld be glad to know the nature of t he Proposed acquisitions. Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would rather decline making them at present. Mr. HUME th oug ht it was hi g h time that something was do ne towards extending the hours during which the public itere admitted to the British Museum. This subject had been talked about, but nothing had been done. There was no i l ea ,7on in the world why the Museum should be shut on the , s ta udays on the contrary, those were the days on which more v a rticularly those of the public who could not come out at other times to be assisted in their endeavours to make them lrea masters of the amusements and instruction provided for th em at the national expense. Nor was there any reason why th e Museum should not be opened at nine in the morning and continue open until dusk. be Mr. WAK LEY saw no reason why the Museum should not Opened on Sundays. It would afford the poorer classes %rational and beneficial mode of spending their time on that of}' and one which was far preferable to their present habit sPending the Sunday in the gin-shop. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could have ~cen hesitation i n sa ying, what he had already said on former , e asions, that he was of opinion that an extension of time ls desi ra bl e. A n d , w h at was more , if any way c o uld be Pai nted out to him by which the public might be admitted to tilt institution on the Sabbath day, without interfering with ke e right which the officers of the Museum had to the enjoy -0,2t of their day of leisure, he for one would not be found to 17cfe the o p en i ng o f the place to the public on that day. o u c h, how ever , was no t th e proper time at which to discuss oniv a question. ,This was a vote with respect to the building Sir A. AGNEW rose to protest against the Museum being op e 'uo to the public on the Sabbath day. If such a propo °ll . Were to be acquiesced in, he would vote against the g r ant tio t Si s r tz !; F i RE MANTLE said that the Hon. Baronet should th e mnd alone in his protest against the proposition to open Ho "seum on Sunday to the public, for he would join the Baronet in condemning a proposal which he conceived gri: Museum were to be opened on Sunday, there would then be no reason for refusing the same privilege to the Na tional Gallery of Practical Science, or to many other similar exhibitions, and he conceived that it was impossible to say where this would afterwards stop. Why, upon that would follow a preposition to open the playhouses themselves on Sunday.—( Hear.) Mr. HUME said that if the Hon. Baronet (Sir T. Fre mantle) assumed to speak the moral feeling of the countr; on this subject, he (Mr. Hume) begged to inform him that he had either wholly mistaken the state of the public mind on such subjects, or that he wished to impose on the people the necessity of adopting his (Sir T. Fremantle's) own peculiar v i e ws. The difference between the Museum and the Institu tions the Hon. Baronet had mentioned was, that the latter were established for trading purposes, while the British Mu seum was a public institution, supported for essentially public purposes. He (Mr. Hume) thought everyone must see that the habit of resorting on the Sunday to suet/ places as the British Museum would be a much better one for the poorer classes of this country than their present habits of drunken ness and dissipation on that day. But, if the Hon. Baronet would allow himself to learn anything from the example of others, let him observe the conduct of the poorer classes of France when in the Louvre, and he would then see even common soldiers making observations on the treasures of art exhibited there which showed how elevating an effect such exhibitions had on their moral feelings. It was this species of elevation which he (Mr. Hume) desired to see produced in England. Sir T. FREYIANTLE did not feel that he deserved to be looked upon as a person who would not allow himself to learn, and especially not from the Hon. Member for Mid dlesex, who certainly had the character of being the most obstinate Member of that House, and of being very little disposed to learn ; but, on the contrary, of being disposed to maintain his opinions, in defiance of opposition.—(Hear,. hear, and a laugh.) He thought, however, that there was one science which certainly required to be learned by Hon. Members opposite, and that was the mode of explaining those precepts of the Bible which related to the observance of the Sabbath. Mr. HUME said that the explanation of the Bible was not a subject for discussion in that House, but for other authorities and other places, Nor was it a question whether on that head the Hon. Baronet was stupid or he (Mr. flume) obstinate.— (" Oh, oh !) Why, the Hon. Baronet might be stupid as well as he ( Hr. Hume) obstinate.—(" Oh, oh !") He, how ever, had not intended in what he before said to make any re mark offensive to the Hon. Baronet. After a few words from Sir 11. VERNEY and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the vote was agreed to. On the next vote, which was of 31,0001. and upwards, for the completion of the National Gallery, Mr. E WART rose to protest against a portion (one-third) of the National Gallery being given up to the Royal Academy. This was essentially a private institution, and he did not see why it should have favour shown to it in preference to many similar institutions. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, that it be a provision that the Royal Academy be excluded from participation in the use of the National Gallery, and that the money now voted be not applied to any private purpose of the kind. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the form of the motion, but he had a more special objection to its subject. The great fact, which the Hon. Member seem ed to have overlooked, was, that the Royal Academy had al ready had rooms from the public in, Somerset House ; and the only question really was, whether they should continue to hold those apartments or be removed to the National Gallery ? Now it was decidedly desirable for the public advantage that Somerset House should be left free for the, public offices, while, on the other hand, the gallery for the works of the an cient masters was a more fit place for the exhibition of the works of modern artists. Under these circumstances he could not see what advantage the Hon. Member proposed to gain. Mr. JEPHSON agreed with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. R. COLBORNE could not hear the Royal Academy depreciated as a really national institution without saying a few words in its favour. That institution had struggled during upwards of sixty years, and, unaided by anything but its own efforts, had raised itself to an eminence which enabled it to be highly useful to the interests of art in this country. Besides paying its own expenses out of the proceeds derived from the exhibition of the pictures, it had contributed materially to the support of decayed artists, and had amassed a capital of 40,0001. wherewith to carry on its future operations. The Government had done something for sculpture in this country, but nothing for painting ; and he did think that an institu tion of this kind was, therefore, doubly entitled to praise for what it had done. Mr. HUME bad no objection to give the rooms, so long as they were not required for tfie national pictures. When he looked at the constitution of the Royal Academy, however, and considered the monopoly they enjoyed, and the right of conferring honours, he could not consider the eulogium of the Hon. Member borne out by the facts. Mr. WARBURTON hoped the Chanceller of the Exche quer would now repeat the assurance he gave last year, that should the rooms in question be required for the,nationa\ pic tures, others should be provided for the Royal ACademy. He was satisfied, that if it once more became known that there was house-room, individuals would come forward with donations to the gallery. Mr. R. COLBORNE agreed with the Hon. Member for Bridport in thinking that individuals would come forward. The past gave great reason for such an expectation. Besides 81,0001 worth of pictures purchased through the munificence of that House, upwards of 60,0001. worth of pictures had been contributed by the munificence of individuals, Mr. H. Carr had contributed to the value of 24,0001. Sir George Beau mont to that of 12,000/., and the British Institution to that of 10,000/., while among the names of the contributors were those of Lord Farnborough, the late Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Cholmondeley, the Earl of Blessington, Mr. Long, the Earl of Lousdale—besides that of his Majesty, as the giver of six pictures. • After some further conversation the vote was agreed to. The sum of. 4,5471. was granted for defraying the expenses of temporary accommodation for the Houses of Lords and Commons. On the motion that a sum of 3,7551. be granted for com pleting the works at Windsor Castle, Mr. HUME wished to know whether they were to under stand that this sum would be sufficient to complete the whole of the works? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply, said that this sum would be sufficient to complete the whole of the new works in this magnificent building. There might, however, be some occasion for other improvements, the ex pense of which could not now be ascertained. The stables might require alteration, and putting the new rooms in a state fit for habitation would of course occasion an expense which they could not provide for at present. The vote was then agreed to. On the motion that a sum of 15,3001. ba granted for defray ing the expenses of restoring those portions of the Milbank. Penitentiary which were destroyed by fire in October last, Mr. HUM E said that . he had strong objections to this vote. The Milbank Penitentiary had failed in the object for which it was originally intended. After a few observations from Mr. Gladstone, Lord J. Rus sell, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Hume, the vote was agreed to. On the motion that 7,0001. be granted to defray the expense of the norks at Dartmoor, Mr. HUME asked whether the Noble Lord deemed those works necessary ? Lord J. RUSSELL assured the Hon. Member that they were necessary. Mr. HAWES thought that, as imprisonment for debt was likely soon to be abolished, they ought to pause before they expended money in the erection of new prisons. The Hon. Member alluded to the description which had been given by the inspectors of prisons of the state of Newgate, end said that the condition of that prison was not only disgraceful to the magistracy of the city, but would justify an address to the Crown for their removal from office. Lord J. RUSSELL, from all he had heard, was by no means sanguine in expecting the speedy abolition of imprison ment for debt. He was as desirous as any one to get rid of a practice so injurious, but he feared it would not be practicable at present. With respect to the last observation of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, all he could say was, that if the report which had been made to the Government on the subject were correct, his opinion did not differ from that of the Hon. Mem ber. He understood, however, from the Lord Mayor, that the Court of Aldermen had appointed a Committee to inquire into the condition of Newgate, and, as that was the case, he was bound to defer corning to any final conclusion until he had seen the report of that Committee. He hoped the Hon. Member for Lambeth would adopt the same course. Mr. G. F. YOUNG protested against the use of such un measured terms as had been a ppli e d by the Hon. Member for Lambeth to the magistracy of London; especially as none of the Members for the City were present to defend the conduct of the Aldermen. After some further observations the vote was agreed to. 10,000/. were, after a brief conversation, granted for erect ing new chambers for the Judges. The following sums were granted for making good the fee fund deficiency in the several public departments :-42,300!. for the Treasury ; 11,2701. for the Home Secretary's Office ; 14,000/. for the .office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; 12,2701. for the department of the Colonial Secre tary ; and 22,2851. for the department of the Privy Council. The following votes were then agreed to :- 6,000/. to defray the contingent expenses and salaries of the messengers connected with the department of the Privy Council. 5,410/. for the contingencies and expenses of the messen gers of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 31,500/. for those of the department of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. 5,4001. for the messengers of the Secretary for the Colonies. 4,150/. for the messengers of the Board of Trade. 14,615/. for salaries of the officers connected with the Comp trollership of the Exchequr. 2,0061. to defray the expenses of the University lecture ships. On the vote of 15,600/. being proposed for the Milbank Penitentiary, The LORD MAYOR regretted that he had not been the House at an earlier part of the evening, when the Hon. Member for Lambeth had made some observations with respect to the inspection of Newgate. Ile had not time to attend to the Report which had been returned, and at the contents of which he had been astonished, until last Saturday, when he called together his brother magistr ates on an inquiry as to the evidence' upon which the Report had been founded, when they ascertained that the inspectors had put but two questions, which, with their replies, be eould state to the House. The questions were put to Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate. The first question was whether he ( Mr. Cope) visited the prison once in twenty-four hours ? The answer was—" No ; but I shall state to you the reasons why Ido not." He was imme diately met with the reply-- ,, You need not state any reasons; you have answered the question, and that is sufficient." The second question was, " Have you any record of the prisoners examined for hours together under the title of A. 8., &c. ?" The answer w:.3, " No, but I have a recollection of them." Now, such was the evidence upon which this Report was re turned, and he would ask the House and the country to sus pend its judgment until an opportunity was afforded of meeting the charges contained in it. He should also remind them that Newgate was not like other prisons, and did not allow the means of classification, being merely a gaol of transit, and having, instead of two, twelve gaol deliveries every year. Those sent in from Middlesex amounted to no more than 400 'or 500 annually, whilst those from Surrey amounted to 3,000. Under these circumstances classification, as the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) could testify, could not be carried into effect. On more occasions than one the Secretary of State for the time being had been appealed to on the subject; but it was thought more advisable to wait for the Report of the inspectors of prisons. He would conclude by again ex pressing his regret that he was not in his place when the Hon. Member for Lambeth brought the subject before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that it was very difficult, under the circumstances in which the prison of Newgate was placed to introduce any effective system of clas sification. Nir. WA KLEY objected to the sum of 9001. for wine, brandy, sugar, beer, arrowroot, &c., for 600 criminals, whilst the poor in a parish in Oxford had only 701. a year allowed to their medical attendant, and in Stroud, which the Nnble Lord the Secretary for the Home Department represented, the Commissioners of the Poor Law only allowed 6d. per annum for children under 16 years of age, and 2s. and 4s. for adults, inclusive of medicine. Mr. ESTCOURT said that the Board of Guardians fixed the amount of salary for medical men in proportion to the po pulation, and the sum thus fixed produced a considerable sa lary. To say that 6d. allowance was all that was given for a child was not a fair construction. The guardians of the poor in Oxford were Mast humane men, and were ready to grant any sum which might be necessary in cases of illness. Mr. WA KLE Y repeated his statement, and denounced the practice of making such a distinction between criminals and paupers as disgraceful and scandalous. Mr. GOULBURN said the Hon. Gentleman was under an erroneous impression on this subject. The object of this arrangement was to induce the poor people to ass►st in the formation of Medical Clubs. Afters few words from Mr. ESTCOURT, Mr. WAKLEY, and Mr. GOULRURN, Lord J. RUSSELL and Sir T. FREMANTLE said a few word Sin defence of the present system of remunerating medical men. The vote was agreed to. The following votes were likewise agreed to :- 29,800/. for the expenses of the Corporation Commissioners for Ireland. 5,1001. for the expenses of digesting the statutes. 753/. for the Commissioners of County Rates. 30,000!. for the Commissioners of - Charities for England and %Vales. 36,8001. for the Commissioners of Religious Instruction for [rcland. 10,0001. for the Commissioners of Religious Instruction for Scotland. _ _ _ _ _ _ 49,1801. for the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales. --- _ _ _ 14,7001. for the Commissioners to preveut illegal traffic in slaves. 103,516!. for the expenses of Consuls. 5.500/. for Inspectors of Factories. 4,500/. for Inspectors of Prisons. The House then resumed, the other. Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 31, U 43 COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties left town at ten minutes before five o'clock yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, escorted by a party of light dragoons. The King gave audiences yesterday to Lord Glenelg, the Marquis of Conyngham, the Bishop of Rochester, Lord Hill, and the Dean of Hereford. The Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine of Hesse Horn berg, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia visited their Majesties yesterday. His Majesty entertained a select party to dinner on Sunday evening at St. James's. Amongst the company to meet their Majesties were—the LanZgravine of Hesse Homberg, the Dlchcss of Gloucester, the Duke of Brunswick, Prince George of Cumberland, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, Earl and Countess Sheffield, Earl of Denbigh, Lord and Lady Frederick Fitzelarence, Miss Eden, M.ss Hudson, and the Rev. Mr. Wood. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove in the Parks yesterday. The Princess Augusta has been indispoted, but is now a great deal better. The Duke of Cumberland honoured Mrs. Bebb with his company at dinner on Sunday evening in -Gloucester-place, Prin , :e Ernest of Ilesse Philippsthal dined with Prince George of Cambridge last evening at Cambridge-house. The Marquis of Lansdowne gave a full dress dinner party on Saturday at Lansdowne-house to celebrate the King's birth-day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer entertained, on Saturday, in Mansfield-street, the Lords, the Secretaries, and the As sistant Secretary to the Treasury, the Chairman of the Audit office, the Governor and Deputy of the Bank, the Chairman of Stamps, the Chairman and Deputy of Excise, Lord Acheson, Lord J. Stuart, Mr. Bannerman, &c. Lady Theodosia Spring Rice had afterwards an evening party, at which the Russian and French Ambassadors, the Prussian, Neapolitan, and Portuguese Ministers, and a large party were present. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town on Sunday, from his seat at Brocket-hall, Herts. A Cabinet Council was held at the residence Of his Lordship, in South-street, yesterday, which was attended by most of the Cabinet Ministers. Mr. John Smith, Governor, and Mr. Brownrigg, 111. P., Deputy Governor of the Australian Agricultural Ccmpany, had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenelg, at the Colo nial-cffice. The Prussian Minister and the Belgian Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday at the Foreign. office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theodosia Spring Rice entertained a select party, including the Marquis of Northampton, Earl and Coutitess Charlemont, and Lord and Lady Compton, at dinner, on Sunday, in Minsfield-street. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA 7' TER SAL L' S-YESTIIRD4 r. The betting was confined to the Ascot Cup, in which two or three changes hare occurred. Sheet Anchor, who was backed at odds against the field the previous day, opened at evens, and gradually declined to 5 to 2, Touchstone rising in the same proportion. Rockingham was backed for a trifle at 4 to 1, and Lucifer to a considerable amount at 8 and 10 to 1. Closing prices : if to 4 agst Lord - Westminster's Touchstone—taken 5 to 2 asst Mr. Cooke's Sheet Anchor—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. Theabahrs Rockingham—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Lucifer—taken 8 to 1 agst Captain Williamson's Ainderby—otTcred 100 to 80 betted on Trapball for the Leger agst Lucifer for he Cup. THE VERSAILLES RACES. Racing is going on prosperously. Within the same space of time nowhere has the prosperity of the Turf been progress ing so rapidly as in France. We have now annual race meet ings, and, with the sole exception of the Pelouse of Chantilly, we proudly hail the plains of Satury. Versailles boasts of ex cellent putlic conveyances, and its races may become the best attended and most celebrated in France; its meetings will ac quire the patronage of the Jockey Club, and the Parisian beauty and fashion ; and hospitality, the virtue for which Ver sailles has ever been proverbial, is practised by the resident gentry Ni jib undiminished liberality. Versailles offers induce ments possessed by the vicinity of no other town in Europe. To the fostering influence of M. Achille Fould, Count Ana tole Demidoff, Duke De Guiche, and M. Augusta Lupin, the establishment of these races may be attributed, in conjunction with M. Aubernon, Pre fet of the Seine and Oise, M. Usquin, and members of the Jockey Club. The Course was prepared tender the superintendence of Mr. Aslinson, proprietor of the fox-hounds. The municipality have uniformly lent their warmest support. The freest intercourse was preserved, and with the happiest results; and the stranger of character will at all times meet with the reception to be expected from such a community. The old pastimes of Fontainebleau, Vincennes, and the Plains of Sablon, belong to, and are reminiscences of, a past age, of by-gene days ; but we may safely predict the return, in a great measure, of their former splendour. We understand by the encouragement held out, and the prizes accorded for English horses, which is one of the primi tive causes of the establishment of the Versailles races, with the clause of the winner being claimed for a certain sum, ac cording to his value, we shall shortly find breeders sending horses from England, which will remain in this country, and the members of the Jockey Club will then obtain a good horse at a reasonable price, one of the leading features of amelioration. The first meeting on Friday was most numerously and fash ionably attended. The wind leas high ; nevertheless many dashing equipages were upon the ground. The stands were graced by the inspiring presence of female loveliness. The ground, which had been previously rolled, and trodden by the cavalry, was in good order, and the well-contested races of the day afforded universal gratification. Count Demidoff, who was one of the stewards of the Course, started the horses. He has ever our best wishes for tke encouragement he accords, for he is of those who blends the lustre of a coronet with the mild and bland urbanities of a polished gentleman. The horses started at half-past one for the Versailles Prize of 1,2001. for thorough-bred horses and mares, all ages, bred in France. Distance 1,500 metres ; 200 f. entrance (half forfeit) ; the win ner stood to be claimed for 2,000 f. It was won by his Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans's b. m. La Perle, 4 yrs old, by Rowlston and Medea, carrying 1121b5., rode by Pavis, beating Lord Seymour's ch. m. Indiana, Baron Lecouteuix's Miss Tandem, and Mr. Fasquel's b. so. Arlette. Won easy. Second Race.—Henry Seymour's prize of 2,000 f., for all horses bred in France, distance, 3,100 metres. Heats. En trance 2001., h. ft., second horse to receive the entrance money. The heats were run as follows :—His Royal High ness the Duke of Orleans's gr. m. Volante, 4 yrs, by Rowlston and Geane, rode by Pavis, Ist and Ist ; Mr. Legigan's Sylvino, 2d and 3d ; Mr. Lupin's Belida, 3d and 4th ; and Mr. Fas quel's h. Moloch, 4th and 2d. Sylvino being second in the Ist heat, and Moloch second in the second heat, the entrances were shared between them, whereas in England Moloch would have received the total amount. A match was to have come off between Major Frazer's c. h. Anglesea and Lord Seymour's b. h. Ibrahim, for I,ooof. aside. Ibrahim paid forfeit. A second Match was then contested for between Mr. H. Greffulhe's g. Counterpart and Mr. Brinquant's h. Alphus, by Vampire, once round, 1,956 metres and 25 centimetres, 800 f. a-side, h. ft., which was won easy by the former. The Prize given by some amateurs of 500 f., for all horses, once round, heats, weight 1-151b5., entrance 601. ; the winner may be claimed for 2,000 f., gentlemen riders, was run, viz. : Count Edgar Ney's h. Coroner-Ist and Ist, Lord Seymouy's m. Alunda 2d and 2d, and Mr. Emile Flcury's h. Little Roby 3d and 3d. Cte. d'Hinnisdai's h. Sweeper and the Baron Le couteulx's Miss Tandem, were drawn. . The second day (to-Morrow) the horses will start at half past one o'clock precisely. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. SEVENTH CONCERT. The Seventh Concert of this season took place on Moaday evening at the Hanover-square Rooms. Whe❑ we consider the powerful influence which the combination of talent com posing the Philharmonic Society does in every concert exert, either to advance or to retard the progress of the divine art of Music, it becomes an extremely gratifying part of the critic's duty to speak of the success which attends these exhibitions. The concert of Monday evening was one deserving the highest approbation. The Directors were fully entitled to their share for the excellence of the selection, and the performers for the admirable manner in which the works of the celebrated Mas ters were heard by a most attentive audience. The following is the programme : _ _ ACT I. Sinfonia Eroica Aria, Mr. Machin, " Mentre ti Lascio" Mozart. Septetto : Flute. Oboe, Clarinet, Bas soon, Horn, Trumpet, and Double Bass, Messrs. Nicholson, G. Cooke, Willman, Denman, Platt, Harper, and Dragonetti Recitativo ed - Aria, Miss Masson, " Per pieta" (Cosi fan Tutti) Overture, "Jessonda" Spohr. ACT 11. Sinfonia in D Mozart. Aria, Madame Malibran do Beriot, " Quando it Core" Persiani. Quartetto, Two Violins, Tenor, and Violoncello, Messrs. Blagove, Gattic, Dando, and Lucas ( No. 13 in B flat) Beethoven. Terzetto Madame Miilibran de Beriot, Miss.Masson, and Mr. Machin, " Co- ragio, orsu" " An'acreon" Leader, Mr. Weichsell —Conductor, Mr. H. R. Bishop. The concert opened with the magnificent Eroica symphony of Beethoven, the slow movement of which is the celebrated Funeral March. The whole of the symphony is a wonderful creation of the genius of the greatest of all the modern com posers. The overwhelming power of the Philharmonic band in the performance of Beethoven's symphonies operates most powerfully against the singer who has to follow, but the mag nificent voice of Mr. Machin (cf Lichfield) who sang the first song, « Mentre ti Lascio" of Mozort, and the science which he displayed in the execution of the aria, carried him successfully through the disadvantages which Beethoven had placed before him. The septetto of Neukomm was performed in a manner wor thy of the unrivalled artists whose names appear in the pro gramme ; a beautiful passage, an obligato for the trumpet, was given in such a manner as no one but Harper could at tempt. Miss Masson was very successful in " Per Pieta." The first act terminated in the celebrated overture to " Jes sonda," by Spohr. The second act commenced with the lovely symphony of Mo zart in D, and was extremely well performed. Madame Mali bran sang an aria of Persiani, a most exceedingly difficult com position, but which was rendered by this accomplished musician as an apparently easy exercise. The Quartett of Beethoven, No. 13, in B 'flat, introduced to • the Philharmonic Society for the first time as 'quartett players, Messrs. Blagrove, Gattie, Dando, and Lucas. The manner in which they gave this charming composition of Beet hoven elicited the most deserved applause, and if any fact were wanting to prove the rapid advancement which music is mak ing in this country, we should find it in this very performance. The quartett has been before the public for many years, but hitherto considered too unintelligible to be performed, or, if performed, to be listened to. As far as the audience were concerned the quartett was listened to with the most profound attention, proving that not only have the audience improved in their knowledge of music, but the profession has also advanced in musical attainments. The difficulties which this quartett present can only be overcome by the most talented artists. The severe study and the constant practice of this species of composition can alone render the performance acceptable to an audience, and- we think these young artists strictly ,entitled to the applause they received,—and we hope that many oppor tunities will hereafter be afforded them of making the public familiar with this class of classical music. The terzetto, " Coragg,io, orsu," from " Fidelio," wanted the dramatic ac companiments which the theattc only can offer. The concert concluded with Cherubini's overture to " Anacreon," performed in that way which no other band but the Philharmonic can approach. THE COAL OWNERS' MONOPOLY. Upon the audi diem?! pu;tent principle we give the fol lowing extract from Mr. M'Culloch's Commercial Dic tionary, where the whole subject of the coal trade is treated at considerable length : " Much has frequently been said of the monopoly of the Coal Owners on the Tyne and the Wear; but we arc satis fied, after a pretty careful investigation of the circumstances, that no such monoply has ever existed ; and that the high price of coal in the metropolis is to be ascribed wholly to the various duties and charges that have been laid upon it, from the time that it has passed from the hands of the owner, to the time that it is lodged in the cellar of the consumer. What means have the Coal Owners of obtaining a monopoly price for their coal ? They enjoy no exclusive privileges of any sort • they arc a numerous body; and the trade is as open as any other to all capitalists to engage in. The number of places on the cast and west coasts, both of England and Scotland, and the sou thern parts of Wales, from which coals are exported, render it quite visionary. to suppose that any general agreement to,keep up prices can take place amongst the various coal proprietors. And though such an agreement were entered into, it is im possible it could be maintained. The power of producing coal greatly exceeds the present demand ; many new mines have been recently opened, and many others would - be brought into activity were the price artificially enhanced. It is true that the Coal Owners referred to, having experienced the ruinous effects of thro;ving a superabundant quantity of coal upon re stricted and already glutted markets, have occasionally met together, and each having named the -price be thinks his coal will command, and at which he intends to sell it, they have proceeded jointly to regulate according to the probable demand, the quantity that each shall raise during any par ticular period. By means of this arrangement, the supply and price of coal has been kept, during the time it has ex isted, comparatively steady. Common prudence prompts and justifies such an arrangement ; but it also suggests the neces sity of reducing the price of 'coal to the lowest level that will afford the customary rate of profit. For were the price de manded by the Northern Coal Owners raisect,above this level, new mines would be opened in Durham and Northumber land ; the imports from the 'Fees, whence a large supply of excellent coal is at present brought to the London markft, would be augmented ; and fresh competitors, from Swansea and other places, would come into the field and undersell them. Government should encourage and promote this fair competition; but it ought at the same time, to do equal jus tice by all the competitors. It is not to lend assistance to, or or remove burdens from, one set of adventurers, which it does not lend to or remove from others. It is no part of its duty to say how coals, or any species of produce, shall be carried to market. It is bound to give every reasonable facility fur the opening of new channels or modes of conveyance between 'all parts of the country ; but it would be glaringly unjust to lay a tax on the coals conveyed by a particular channel, from where those conveyed by other channels, were exempted." PATIIETICS ESCFIEWED.—Bellini ' s opera of Montecchi e Capuleti" was lately performed at Bucharest. At the bottom of the affiche was the following notice To avoid the lamentable effect at the end of the fourth act, Romeo and Juliet will not die."—Musical World. We have great pleasure in announcing that Mr. Branfill, the Liberal candidate for the representation of ESseX, will be returned by a very large majority. He will be proposed by T. B. Lennard, Esq., M. P.. at Chelmsford, on Thursday next ; where it is expected that there will be a very numerous assemblage of the liberal landed proprietors of the county. Most of the Noblemen and Gentlemen who take a lead in liberal politics have already signified their intention of supporting him with all their influence. A subscription has been set on foot to defray the expenses of the election. THE POLAR EXPEDITION. Every exertion is being used in fitting out his Majesty's ship Terror, which is to proceed on the North-west Voyage of Discovery, under the command of Captain Back. Placards have been posted about town the last few days, offering a bounty of double wages to' able seamen. The expedition from the route which is designed will, it is expected, last about three years. The weather was so cloudy on the 15th at Vienna, that no observation could be made of the solar eclipse. The wheat, which was pretty forward, has suffered by the cold of this month, which has caused the prices to rise in some parts • of Upper Hungary.—German Paper. M. Isturiz, the new Minister, is a native of Cadiz, where his father made his fortune by trading with South America. His two sons became enamoured of the glowing doctrines and grand plans put forth by the Cortes in 1811 and 1812, which induced them to quit the counting-house. One of the brothers, since dead,• emigrated to this country after the events in 181 b, and obtained a prize in the lottery of 20,0001. The present Minister was returned to the Madrid Cortes for Cadiz in 1822, but did not take a leading part in the discussions of that day. He is no orator, a requisite es sential at the present moment in Spain. He is well v ersed in commercial and financial questions, is zealous and sagacious, but cannot be considered a politician. Tobit's Dog, a public-house in the south-west cor ner of St. Paul's Church-yard, one of the most ancient and memorable in the metropolis, where Charles the Second and his friend Rochester played many a merry prank, and where wits and bacehanalians of a more recent date held their nightly revels, has, within the last week, been entirely demolished, together- with all its tangible reminiscences, and the plot cf ground on which it stood, is added to the establ;shment of Messrs. Ellis and Everington. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. (Before the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Devon, s and Lord Lyndhurst.) SMALL V. ATTWOOD. The appointment of this important case (which occupied so much of the time of the House last session) for hearing to day, created some considerable sensation among the profession, it having been rumoured that it was intended on behalf of Mr. Attwood, to raise an objection to the Noble Lord from whose judgment the appeal was brought, hearing the case. This an ticipation, however, was not realized, for on counsel being called in, Mr. Sergeant WILDE wished to know what course it was their Lordships' pleasure he should take? It would be in the recollection of their Lordships, that at the breaking up of the last session, his Lcarned Friend (Mr. Knight) was in the course of his argument for the respondent. He wished, there fore, to know whethci the Housc.a . s then constituted, required the whole case to be re-stated by him on behalf of the appel lant, or whether their Lordships wis'aed .it to be taken up by his Learned Friend on behalf of the respondent? Mr. KNIGHT said that he was perfectly ready to go on. . _ . _ Mr. Sergeant WILDE was anxious, on the part of the ap pellant, to re-state the case, as it was his belief that justice could not be done either to his client or the Clouse without it. LORD CHANCELLOR said, that to himself personally, of course it would be more satisfactory to have the case re- arm '' ued. After some discussion, as to Philip Taylor not being made a party— Mr. Sergeant WJLDE proceeded to open the case on behalf of the appellant. The appeal is expected to occupy at least three weeks in ar guing. Our readers will recollect that an argument before Lord Lyndhurst as Lord Chief Baron, occupied no less than 23 days, and 15 days in being partly argued before their Lord ships last Session. ROLLS COURT-MONDAY. JENKINS V. PORTMAN.--JUDGMENT. This was a bill filed by the executors of Thomas Jenkins against Mr. Portman, praying that it might be declared by the• decree of the Court, they were entitled to have a piece of ground which was comprised in a deed dated the 14th of August, 1810, demised to them at a peppercorn rent, for the remainder of a term of years mentioned in the agreement, and that Mr. Portman might execute such lease or leases accordingly. His LORDSHIP this morning gave judgment, and stated that he was of opinion Mr. Portman was not entitled to call on the plaintiffs for any further performance of the covenants of a deed which had been executed in August 1825, and_that the plain tiffs were entitled to the relief they prayed, and that Mr. Port man must pay the costs of the suit ; the leases to be settled by the Master if the parties differed. TIIE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ASPINALL. This was a demurrer put in to an information filed by the Attorney-General, at the relation of two individuals, named Jcvons and Moltin, against the trustees of the sum of 105,000/. raised by the late Corporation of Liverpool, for the purpose of endowing the clergy of that borough. Mr. PEMBERTON appeared on behalf of the defendants, in support of the demurrer. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. as Counsel for the relators, after adverting to the facts of the case, would admit that this appropriation had been made with the very best intentions, and to effect a very laudable purpose, but it was his duty to sub mit that it was an improper one. He did not seek to set it aside on the ground of collusion, for none was charged ; but it stood before the Court as a pure transfer of the sum of 105,0001. to the trustees, without anv consideration. Ills Lordship the MAsTER of the itor.Ls would consider the the case for a few days. It was clear that it was one in which the Town Council had refused to interfere, and it was clear also that no collusion was charged against the party. Judgment' deferred. VICE-CITANCER V-MONDAY. The VICi-CIIANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with exceptions and further directions, none of which pos. sc;scd any points of interest. KING'S BENCH-MONDAY. NON-ATTENDANCK OF GRAND JURORS. The Grand Juries were sworn in this day before Mr. Jus tice LITTLEDALE. There were only seventeen gentlemen of the Middlesex Grand Jury in attendance, and nineteen others, who were summoned, and did not answer to their names, were fined JO/. each, and directions were given to the sum moning officer to levy the fine, and summon them for the en suing Michaelmas Term. TUE " SATIRIST NEWSPAPER—LIBEL. The ATTORNEY-GERERAL had been instructed on behalf of , George More, Esq., a gentlenien of fortune residing in Leices tershire, to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal in formation should net be filed against the proprietors of the Sa tirist newspaper, for a libel imputing to him the murder of his late wife. The affidavits upon which he moved disclosed .very melancholy details which he should briefly relate to their Lord ships. Mr. More inherited a large estate at Appleby Hall, in Leicestershire, and came of age in the year 1833. Four miles from Appleby Hall was the estate of the Jogs, a most ancient - and respectable family, with whom Mr. More was intimate, and on coming of age, he had made proposals for Susan, one of Mr. legs' - daughters, which were accepted, and the mar riage took place in the presence and with the approbation of the family. Mr. and Mrs. More lived happily together; but their domestic happiness was only disturbed by this—that she had no living child. She had several miscarriages • and in 1834 she was delivered of a dead child. She resided with her husband at Appleby Hall, and was in frcq sent intercourse with her father's family. In the last year she was again preg nant, but her constitution suffered considerably, and she had the advice of Dr. Lowcock, of London ; Mr. Taylor, a me dical man at Appleby; Mr. Hodgson, of Birmingham, who was the medical attendant of the Inge family ; and -Dr. Ken nedy, of Leicester. In short, every attention was shown her and the different members of her own family were in the habit of frequene: visiting and seeing her alone at Appleby Hall. No eoini;haint was ever whispered that the conduct of Mr. More could be in the slightest degree disapproved of, nor had Mrs. More intimated the slightest complaint to any one of her faMily, up to February) 0, 1'336. It unfortunately hap petted that, on the eeth of December, 1835, she was again erematurely delivered of a dead child, and that made a great impression on her mind ; but she so far recovered as to be able to take an airing in her carriage occasionally,. and her sister came to attend - her, and became an inmate of Mr. More's house. Her father was also there frequently, and expressed his entire approbation of the manner in which she was treated. So things continued until the 13th of Fe bruary ; and about twelve o'clock on that day, Mr. More was going out to shoot in the plantations, near the house, and went into his wife's apartment, to mention the circum stance to her, saying, " If he was wanted, she could send a messenger for him, and he would immediately return." He then kissed her, and retired ; and that was the last time he saw her. About half-past one o'clock that day Mr. Ines' -car riage came to 'Appleby Hall, and conveyed Mrs. More to Thorpe, the family seat ; and although Mr. More made fre quent attempts personally, and by friends, to see her, or to have the matter referred to mutual friends, he was refused. It was stated, as the .reason for her femeval, that Mrs.„More had made certain complaints of having been cruelly treated by her husband. All attemptsett arranging the matter having failed, Mr. More instituted a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court for the restitution of conjugal rights and soon after that, on the 13th of March, Mrs. More died. • Mr. More made no impu tation against the family of the Ings, for whom he entertained respect and 'affection ; but it would appear that Mrs. More was in a state of great eecitement ; and, under some delusion, ,made some statements, abut the 10th of Fe bruary, to which her family hal unfortunately given credit. To slim that these statements were entirely un fowled, he (the Attorney-General) had not only the affidavit of Mr. More himself, bet of his mother, his sister, Mr. pchilas his tutor, the clergyman of the perish, the medical men who had attese.led her, and all the servants svho had been in his em ployment from the time of the marriage until her death. The Learned Counsel here read several extracts from the affidavits of various circumstances that had occurred up to within a day or two of Mrs. More leaving Appleby Hall, to show that Mr. More's conduct had been uniformly kind and attentive, and that Mrs. More was herself of that opinion. The article of which Mr. More complained was published in the Satirist, and was headed " The Late Mysterious Death," and purported to g ive a correct statement of the facts. Mrs. More was described as daughter of Lady E. logs, of Thorpe Hall, in Staffordshire, and sister of the Earl of Galloway and the Duchess of Marlborough, and the article stated that her husband had beaten, kicked, and trampled on her, and thrust her out of doors at night ; that one of the medical men had communicated the fact of her having red the night lin the balcony to her family , when she was passed -ssa taken home and died of the combined effects of a broken heart, the result of long suffering, and the ill-treatment to which she had been exposed. The article expressed surprise that no inquest had been held, and described Mr. More as a rude, un cultivated, unfeeling, fox-hunter, fitter for the field than the boudoir, and fitter for Bedlam than either. The affidavits contained a specific denial of every one of these statements. Lord DE ;NIAN—Docs it deny tile statement of the medical man having mode such a communication ? The ATTORNEY-Geeseeee—Oh, yes, my Lord. Lord Deeetee—You may take a rule. DENTON V. I'EPPERCORN.. This was an action to recover damages for false imprison ment and malicious prosecution, on a charge of felony, of which the plaintiff had been honourably acquitted. The cause was tried at Westminster, before Lord Denman, *hen it appeared that, the plaintiff had taken forcible possession of some landed property which he claimed in the country, and that the defendant charged him with a riot, and he was after wards committed on the charge of stealing the straw in the yard and the corn in the bigrn. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 3001. A rule had since been ob tained to set aside this verdict and have a new trial, on the ground of excessive damages. Sir F. Pot.t.oCK showed cause against the rule. On the qu stion of damages, the case must undergo a fresh investigation. COMMON PLEAS-MONDAY. BROWN V. STRAW:X.I% This was an action brought by the plaintiT a gainst the de fendant for a malicious prosecution. • Tl•e defendant, two ye:irs since, after dining . 7 -hi' a friend, was proceeding borne, raLher under the inflaence of the grape, when he lost a gold chain and seals, which ho stated that ha had been robbed of. Ha gave the police information of the robbery, who arrested the plaintiff and brought him before the magistrates at Union. Hall, who committed him to the Old Bailey for trial, and he was triel and acquitted at the subse quent session of the Central Criminal Court, and ordered im mediately to be discharged, upon which he brought his acticn for a malicious prosecution. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Vaughan, when the Jury found a verdict for the ee ft-octant. INTr. Sergeant ANDREWS, upon a former day, obtained a rule to set aside the verdict. . _ _ 31r. Sergeant Botarns to-da2, - showed cause against the rule. Rule discharged. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the LORDS' no business of importance was transacted lalt night. In the COMMONS', after the presentation of some petitions, Lord Stanley gave notice, that on reading the Order of the Day fur the second reading of the Iri6ll Tithes Bill, on Wed nesday next, he would move for leave to bring in " a Bill for the conversion of tithe composition into rent charges, and for the redemption thereof, and for the better distribution of ec clesiastical revenues in Ireland." The debate on the Dublin Election petition was then resumed. After an animated dis cussion, the petition was withdrawn. Mr. Grove Price with drew the motion of which be gave notice for the erasure from the notice paper of Mr. O'Connell's motion for a reform of the House of Lords. The opinion of Lord John Russell upon the constitutional principle involved in a measure proposed by the Commons for reforming the Lords, as well as his whole speech, will be read with some interest, as illustrative of coming events. The House afterwards went into a Committee of Supply, when several votes being agreed to, the House re s•.imed, and then adlourned. THE IRISH CORPOBATION BILL. TO the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR—In one of the best of the many able articles which have appeared in your journal in reference to the Irish Cor poration Bill, it .was stated (in the Chronicle of the 9th inst.). " We have heard that an active town-clerk from the city of Cork has been in constant communication with Lord Lynd hurst ;" and then it was asked, ",Was it to meet his wishes that the nefarious clause (the 14th, which preserves the offi cers after the offices have been extinguished, and their duties done away with) was smuggled into this nefaaious Bill?" Now, Sir, as it would be to detract from the high fame, and name, and reputation which Lord Lyndhurst deservedly en joys in the estimation of the public, to suppose for one mo ment that in seeking for information on the subject of Irish Corporations, or assistance or advice as to the best means of accomplishing their abolition, with the extinction - of all the evils, corruptions, and jobbing which his Lordship admits were interwoven with them, he did not refer to and consult the most disinterested and impartial sources, we must believe that he the "active town-clerk from the city of Cork " as a perfectly safe and pure authority upon which to rely, and introduced his nefarious clause accordingly. But, Sir, whatever Lord Lyndhurst may have thought, it is right that you and the public should be informed of facts ; and the few which I propose to submit to you may furnish an insight cf the means and machinery resorted to for the con coction of his Lordship's " amendments," and some of the purposes it is intended to effect, which perhaps a longer narra t:ve could not supply. Lord Lyndhurst is an innocent and simple-minded gentleman ; but if he finds that his amiable credulity has been imposed upon, it is easy to imagine with what an outpouring of virtuous indignation he will reproach the cunning men who took advantage of it. The name of the " active town-clerk from the city of Cork" vvith whom his Lordship was "in constant communi cation," is Julius Caesar Besnard. You ask, " Was it to meet his wishes that the nefarious clause alluded to was smug gled into the Bill ?" In order to ascertain whether he had any wishes, let us see whether be had any interest in clause. In the first place, then, Julius Caesar is town-clerk of the city of Cork, with a considerable salary. lie is secretary and law agent to the Board of Wide Street Commissioners. . . He is law agent to the Board of Harbour Commissioners. He is law agent to the Market Trustees; and Ile is secretary and law agent to the Foundling Hospital. In the cases in which he is sccretrry lie is paid bv fixed salary. As law agent, of course his emoluments depend upon the suits which he carries on for the different bodies, and they have been many and heavy. Some time since the Found ling Hospital had to defend a case against a plaintiff in reple vin. The case never came to trial, although the record had issued, and the costs charged against the Hospital and paid by the Governors amounted to 6191. All these offices, recollect, Mr. Editor, would be continued to the " active town clerk of the city of Cork " by the nefa rious Bill, which professes to abolish corporations. The force of impudence could go no further. Bat let us do the town clerk justice. He took care of him self to be sure ; but his family affections are strong, and he looked after his kindred and connections also. His brother Peter is at present Mayor of Cork, with a salary of 1,2001. He is also weigh-master of that city, the revenues arising from which office amount to from 1,2001. to 1 5001. a year. The latter office the nefarious clause con tinues to Peter for life. _ But is this all? No, nor half. . The Court of Conscience at Cork consists, when full, of six aldermen. At present there is a vacancy for one. The revenues of the court amount to 1,500/. per annum. The now aldermen are—John Besnard. Sir Anthony Perrier, Thomas Gibbings, Barton Gibbings, and Charles Perry. The first-named of these aldermen is another brother of the " active town-clerk ;" the daughter of the second is married to the son of the " active town- clerk ;" and the third and fourth, the two Gibbings, -arc father and son, and have inter married and arc closely connected with the same active town clerk's family. Alderman Perry only, of the entire Court of Conscience, cannot boast of alliance or relationship with him. Again, I have to remind you, Mr. Editor, that all these offices arc continued to the present possessors under the Bill of Lord Isyndhurs.., which professes to abolish corporations !! The people of Cork, Sir, will be much obliged by your inserting this statement in your able and patriotic journal, and I am prepared to substantiate every circumstance therein set down. It is to no purpose that the facts arc notorious on the spot where the parties reside ; but it would! be of great value to show, pending the discussions in the , Commons on the Lords' "amendments," the disinterested and impartial assistance which Lord Lyndhurst sought, procured, and had the advert! ege of, in ft.:ening his measure. I shall only add, Sir, that the Besnards, the Gibbings, and the Perriers, are all of the " real stuff"—Orange, Tory, and Conservative to the backbone, and worthy in every respect of Lord Lyndhurst's favour and protection. A CORK MAN. IRELAND. PUBLIC MEETINGS.— AGlTATlON.—Tipperary is agitated to its centre, and although great the excitation there, the people of Waterford vie with them in their unmitigated reprobation of the Lords' conduct. Indeed, every part of Ireland is rising up against the most unwise and tyrannical course contemplated by the Lyndhurst scheme of destruction. All the accounts which we have received this morning from the scene of agita tion concur in representing the excitement and indignation which the Lords have stirred up by their nefarious and shame less conduct, as being stronger thanl was ever before witnessed. More public meetings have been held than the journals can report--the columns of all the newspapers in Ireland are found to be wholly insufficient to contain the accounts of the meet ings held, holding, or to be held, in every part of the country. For the mischief inseparable from thus stirring up the popular energies the public are indebted to those plotters against the peace of the country, who, preferring destruction to Reform, did not heeitate to insult Iceland, outrage justice, and compro mise the ieterests of the United Kingdom, by bringing in a Bill of Pains and Penalties against every Municipality in the coon:ry. ViumEN IN Anms. —lf any farther evidence than that already given were required to prove the ineradicable hatred to the infernal tithe-system, it might be found in our Exchequer re ports to-day. The galling grievance h s converted the Irish women into heroines. None can feel the. misfortunes of a widow so well as a woman. The very locality pointed to the widow Ryan and the other women who had been made widows in the tithe massacre at Ratheoernac; accordingly, we find pay females - forgetting their sex, arming themselves, and re pulsing and despoiling the tithe bailiff. —Freeman. 1 7 101INE IN THE WEST.—TIIC most melancholy accounts of the distress which at present prevails in the north-west reach us daily. The people arc starving, and still it is said we live under a fostering administration ; a fa mine is in the land, ,and we are desired to " wait awhile." When the .privations are so great at present, what must they be when the potato crop of last year is en tirdy consumed? Would that we could, then, without mock ing their misery, desire our famishing countrymen " wait awhile," and a British Ministry will prevent the future recur rence of an absolute starvation by the introduction of a system of poor laws ! If the people could live on promises; all would he well ; but we regret to say, that the sympathies expresse 1 for them are "vox el prceterea nihil"—there is no practical proof of a sympathy—there will he no poor laws this season. —Freeman.—[We arc not disposed to defend a " British Mi nistry" from deserved censure ; but on this question we cannot see the justice of attaching that Llama to Ministers which an pears to us to belong- more properly to the Irish landlords, ho not only, at this crisis of suffering, neglect their duty as natural protectors of the poor, but actually extort rent from their starving tenantry. Poor laws cannot be suddenly intro duced into Ireland, and the, landlords arc always opposing parties to their introduction at all.] The project for the establishment of an exhibition of pictures at York, for the encouragement of native talent, is malting, great progress. Several eminent London artists have sigaified to the do-ectors their intention of sending pic tures to the exhibition when the time is fixed for receiving their works. A short time since, Major ---- succeed,2l in car rying off the daughter of an opulent tradesman at the West end, a beautiful and accomplished girl. The parties left town for a fashionable watering-place, but, after a short sojourn, re torrred to London, and p u t u p at one o f th e h o t e ls. The young lady's father succeeded in discovering their retreat. On seeing the Major, his rage could not be restrained. lie sei sed the poker, and darting upon him, bestowed several most tre mendous blows upon the head and shoulders of the " military hero," who made the best of his way into the street. He was pur,:ued by the father, who called out to the astonished passers by, that this was the villain who Lad seduced his daughter. An officer succeeded in preventing him from further violence, aid the young lady tvas ultiTately restored to the parental roof. —Observer.